A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island late on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning for eight cities near the epicenter, APA reports quoting Reuters.
The quake struck out at sea at a revised depth of 36 km (22 miles) and several smaller aftershocks followed, according to the Indonesian geophysics agency BMKG. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The agency had not lifted the tsunami warning over an hour after the quake, a spokesman told Reuters.
“We have not ended it because we are still monitoring the tide gauges for high waves...though none have been recorded yet,” Rahmat Triyono, a BMKG official, told Kompas TV.
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